[Rice Shower cosplay] Umamusume: Pretty Derby Halloween Little Devil Purple Dress Style

This Rice Shower cosplay costume from Umamusume: Pretty Derby has plenty of intricate details, featuring an overall purple and orange contrasting color palette along with little devil wings and pumpkin decorations. Today, I'm mainly sharing my experience wearing this outfit and the shooting process. The wings are made of plastic and secured to the back with straps, making them a bit troublesome to put on and take off; moving around in a packed convention makes it easy to bump into people, so I had to keep them tucked in while taking photos. The skirt has a multi-layered design—the outer layer is jagged purple fabric with orange piping, while the inside features multi-tiered white ruffles, accented with a pumpkin charm and metal chains at the waist, creating a playful Halloween vibe with vivid colors.

The shooting location was the Huaqiao OtakuWorld ACG Expo. The venue lighting was quite dim across an open floor with stage spotlights everywhere, so relying purely on ambient light easily caused noise and a yellowish cast. The photographer and I specifically looked for an area with purplish lighting to match the costume's colors, capturing a cool-toned, dreamy atmosphere. For shooting angles, the photographer mainly used a 50mm lens with a slight low-angle tilt, which elongated the legs and created more slender body proportions. The convention was packed with cluttered backgrounds; to prevent passersby from photobombing, we had to find less crowded spots, sometimes waiting for crowds to pass before capturing Convention photos. Although the costume wasn't thick, air circulation in the hall was average, so walking around and posing actually got quite warm, and controlling facial expressions took real effort.

Since Rice Shower in Umamusume: Pretty Derby is characterized as introverted, timid, and shy, the poses couldn't be overly bold. I mainly did hand-hearts, covering my face, or touching my hair and skirt hem, keeping my gaze as soft as possible. The wig is long with relatively long bangs that easily blocked my line of sight; during shooting, I had to deliberately adjust the curve of the bangs to cover half the face for mystery while ensuring my eyes weren't obscured, otherwise the catchlights wouldn't show. The gloves are solid black and non-breathable, making my hands feel stuffy after prolonged posing. The boots are rather stiff and left marks behind my knees during leg-lift poses, so the supporting leg in the one-legged lift pose of the first photo required significant strength to stand steadily.

For post-processing, adjustments mainly focused on exposure and contrast, preserving the saturation of the original purple and orange without overly retouching facial features, striving to keep the authentic texture of the makeup and styling seen on site. Creases in the fabric and reflections on accessories were handled naturally. Since I edited these myself, I was restrained with artificial background blur, relying primarily on the depth of field created by the lens's wide aperture. The outfit itself doesn't feel overly constricting; tightening the waist cincher slightly brings out the silhouette, and the layered high-low skirt looks especially stunning when sitting down, pairing with the devil wings to create a striking outline. We also had to be careful with prop safety—the wings are fairly long, so moving around required avoiding bumping into nearby visitors.

What matters most in convention Cosplay photo sharing is matching the overall color harmony with the character's demeanor. Being able to capture a set of photos with cohesive tones and strong atmosphere in a dimly lit venue was very satisfying. Moreover, seamless coordination with my partner was key to elevating the quality of this Rice Shower cosplay. The shooting pace was quite tight that day; getting great Convention photos often requires repeated adjustments to prop placement and lighting angles. To wait for a clean backdrop, we tested angles in a booth corner for about twenty minutes before finding the spot with the most beautiful bokeh. From this experience, I learned that in large conventions like OtakuWorld, afternoon light is best but crowds peak, so to get clean shots, you either arrive early or shoot during meal times when crowds thin out.